About the Authors

Sandrine Roisin

sroisin@ulb.ac.be

Affiliations Departments of Clinical Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Infection Control, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Christine Laurent

Current address: Hygiène hospitalière, Centre hospitalier régional de Namur, Belgium

Affiliation Infection Control, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Olivier Denis

Affiliations Departments of Clinical Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Michèle Dramaix

Affiliation School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Claire Nonhoff

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Marie Hallin

Current address: Centre de Diagnostic Moléculaire Laboratoire Porte de Hal - Institut J. Bordet - CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Baudouin Byl

Affiliations Infection Control, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Marc J. Struelens

Current address: Microbiology Coordination Section, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

O. Denis received funds for speaking from BioMérieux. MJ. Struelens contributed a consultancy to Cepheid in 2009 and received research grants from BioMérieux in 2008. S. Roisin, C. Laurent, C. Nonohoff, M. Hallin, M. Dramaix and B. Byl declare that they have no conflicting interests in relation to this work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL OD CN MD BB MJS. Performed the experiments: SR CL OD CN MH BB. Analyzed the data: SR OD CL BB MD MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR OD CN BB MD MJS. Wrote the paper: SR OD MH BB MD MJS.